Day 153: Tomatoes on the Tram
On a tram in D膮browa G贸rnicza one morning in early May, Wac艂aw (A), a retired farmer from a village near Zawiercie, turns to Amanda (B), a young woman with a tray of tomato seedlings on her lap.
How to study this lesson 3 steps
- Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
- Read the dialogue line by line with its translation, until every line makes sense. Point at (or tap) a Polish word to see what it means.
- Spend at least 30 minutes listening to native Polish, for example from the Resources page. It doesn't matter if you don't understand it yet.
Dialogue
Audio recordings are on the way. For now, each lesson is the dialogue with its English translation.
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A
Przepraszam, 偶e przeszkadzam, ale przed zimn膮 Zo艣k膮 pomidor贸w si臋 nie wysadza.
Sorry to bother you, but you don't plant tomatoes out before the Ice Saints.
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B
Prognoza dla D膮browy nie przewiduje przymrozk贸w, a w mie艣cie jest cieplej ni偶 na wsi.
The forecast for D膮browa doesn't show any frost, and it's warmer in town than in the country.
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A
Prognozy prognozami, ale pod Zawierciem m贸wi si臋, 偶e przed zimn膮 Zo艣k膮 sadzi ten, kto lubi sadzi膰 dwa razy.
Forecasts are all very well, but round Zawiercie they say anyone who plants before the Ice Saints must like planting twice.
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B
Tak si臋 sk艂ada, 偶e t臋 prognoz臋 pisa艂am ja. Prognozy pogody to m贸j zaw贸d.
As it happens, I wrote that forecast myself. Weather forecasting is my job.
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A
No to mi teraz g艂upio, amator uczy fachowca. A pod Zawierciem b臋dzie jeszcze przymrozek?
Well, now I feel silly, an amateur teaching a professional. So will there be another frost round Zawiercie?
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B
W mie艣cie nie, ale na polach tak. Niech pan jeszcze nie sadzi, to oficjalne ostrze偶enie.
Not in town, but out in the fields, yes. Don't plant anything yet, that's an official warning.
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A
Czyli jednak mia艂em racj臋, tylko nie w mie艣cie. S膮siadom opowiem pierwsz膮 po艂ow臋.
So I was right after all, just not in town. I'll tell the neighbours the first half.
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